To help make kids aware of alternatives to proprietary software, the Ile-de-France (greater Paris) region will be giving 175,000 school children and apprentices a USB-key loaded with open source software.
The keys, which will
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Here is an almost-forgotten art, one that, with the advent of electronic calculators, will likely survive to the twenty-first century only on paper and in the memories of oldsters.
What is the number you want to find the square
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A Unicef report this week says that British children are the worst-off among the developed nations. The report is based on statistics and measures what it calls as "child well-being". It covers six categories: material comfort, family and peer rela
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Britain may withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq over the coming months and aims to cut it 7,100 troops to below 5,000 by late summer, Prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednessday. "The actual reductin in forces will be from the present 7,100-its
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Scientists may have come a step closer to understanding one of the most brilliant scientists' mind - Einstien. Researchers at Lausanne University identified an unknow role for a type of brain cell which Einstein is thought to have had in more suppl
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